Sewing machine elevated work support



April 3, 1957 c. G. MARTINSS ON SEWING MACHINE ELEVATED WORK SUPPORT Filed Nov. 9, 1953 2 Sheets- Sheet 1 CARL GUN/VAR MA RTINSSI) ATTORNEYS April 23, 1957 c. G. MARTINSSON 2,739,523

SEWING MACHINE ELEVATED WORK SUPPORT Filed Nov. 9, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENT OR CARLGUN/VAR .MART/NSO/V' ATTORNEYS United States Patent 2,789,523 SEWING MACHINE ELEVATED WORK SUPPORT Carl Gunnar Martinsson, Boras, Sweden Application November 9, 1953, Serial No. 390,966 Claims priority, application Sweden April 15, 1953 1 Claim. (Cl. 112-260) pillar projecting upwards machine. provide a device for from the working table of the The object of the invention is to sewing machines of the kind referred to for making possible the use of the tacking machine to fasten shoulder pads to the shoulder portions of garments, a work hitherto done by hand.

The invention is broadly characterised in that to the top of the pillar there is secured at a distance above the working table a substantially horizontal, slightly concave platform which is provided near its center with a hole in alignment with the pillar, the top surface of the latter being substantially flush with the top surface of the platform.

essary for carrying out the work of fastening.

In the accompanying drawing there is diagrammatically shown an embodiment of the invention, and in said drawlng:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the head of the sewing machine and the pillar provided with a supporting platform (partly in section) according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a cross section through the supporting platform along the line IIII in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the machine on a reduced scale; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a sewing machine head and the present platform with a shoulder pad being attached to a piece of work.

In the drawing 1 denotes the working table of the sewing machine and 2 its overhanging arm to the free end of which there is secured the machine head with a needle holder 5 and a presser foot 6. Beneath the head 4 there 2,789,523 Patented Apr. 23, 1957 side so formed facing upwards.

The platform is provided at the top end of the pillar 7 with a rectangular hole 11 placed near the center of the platform.

shape thereto.

The invention is not ,limited to the embodiment described and shown in the than sheet metal.

What I claim is:

In a sewing machine for tacking shoulder pads to a piece of Work, an elevated Work support comprising a pillar mounted on and extending from the working table of said machine towards the sewing needle thereof, a platform of sheet material having a substantially rectangular elongated shape and a central opening with said References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 

